Detachable supporting device for hose pipes or nozzles.



No. 684,462. Patented Oct. I5, I90I. w. c. SARGEANT & J. J. BARKER.

DETACHABLE SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR HOSE PIPES 0B NOZZLES.

(Application filed Mar. 6, I901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 684,462. Patented Oct. I5, I901. W. C. SARGEANT & J. J. BARKER.DETABHABLE SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR HOSE PIPES 0R NOZZLES.

(Application filed Mar. 6, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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\VALTER C. SARGEANT, OF MELROSE, AND JOHN J. BARKER, OF ARLINGTONHEIGHTS, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLE SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR HO SE PIPES OR NOZZLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,462, dated October1 5, 1901.

Application filed March 6, 1901. Serial No. 50,060- (No model.)

To (til whom it may concern.-

Beit known that W6,WALTER O. SARGEANT, residing in Melrose, and JOHN J.BARKER, residing in Arlington Heights, in the county of Middlesex andState of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented anImprovement in Detachable Supporting Devices for Hose Pipes or Nozzles,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This invention relates to a removable supporting device for hose pipesor nozzles of substantially large size, such as now commonly employed inthe fire departments of cities, and has for its object to provide asimple, cheap, and efficient device which can be attached to hose pipesor nozzles now in use at a minimum expense.

The device is provided with means for engaging the round of a ladder,which means may and preferably will be a hook having a a threaded shankwhich engages a threaded socket in a boss or projection on the bodyportion of the device, and in order to prevent longitudinal movement ofthe device on the pipe or nozzle by the reactive force of the stream ofwater issuing from said pipe or nozzle we have provided means forlocking the device to the hose pipe or nozzle. Provision is also made toprevent cutting orabrading the leather or other material usuallycovering the pipe or nozzle. These and other fea tures of this inventionwill be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hose pipe or nozzle provided with asupporting device embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation ofthe hose pipe or nozzle shown in Fig. 1 looking toward the left; Fig. 3,a front elevation of the pipe or nozzle with the hook in its inoperativeposition; Fig. 4:, a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, asectional detail on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 5 5, Fig. '3.

The hose pipe or nozzle a, of metal, provided With a covering 19, ofleather, and handles c, of like material, attached to said cov ering,may be the same as now commonly employed in the fire departments ofcities. The

The means employed for attaching the body portion at to the pipe ornozzle may be straps e, of leather or other suitable material, and themeans for locking the said body portion against longitudinal movementmay be rearwardly-extended arms f, provided with re cesses or notches g,which cooperate with suitable lugs or projections h on the pipe or noz-The body portion d is adapted to be engaged with the round of a ladder,preferably by means of a hook 2', provided with a screw threaded shankj, which engages a screw-threaded socket in a boss or projection on themetal body portion cl. The threaded shank of the hook affords a strongconnection between the hook and the metal body portion d, and thusavoids liability of the connection between the hose pipe or nozzle andthe round of. the ladder being broken when subjected to severe strain,as occurs in use.

The hook i may be turned inward toward the pipe or nozzle when not inuse (see Fig. 3) and may be frietionally held in this position by meansof a brake, which may be made as shown in Fig. 5.

The brake referred to consists of a rod or stem 0%, movable in a recessmin the body portion (1 and the boss 70 and guided in said recess end ofsaid rod will enter said depression and assist the spring q in holdingthe hook against accidentally being thrown or moved outward when thenozzle is carried about,

The brake-rod is disengaged from the depression 'r by the turning of thehook from the position shown in Fig. 3 to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2,in which latter position the said hook is in position to be engaged withthe round of a ladder, (indicated by the dottedline circle u in Fig. 2.)

From the above description it will be evident that the supporting devicemay be quickly attached to and detached from the hose pipe or nozzle,and therefore can be applied to hose pipes or nozzles now in use at aminimum cost.

In the operation of the device, with the hook engaging the round of theladder, the reactive force or back pressure of the water tends to movethe hose pipe or nozzle backward, and thus places a great strain uponthe straps e, which are liable to break under such strain, withattending liability to injure the fireman, and, further, this backpressure is liable to force the lower part of the body portion 62 awayfrom the pipe or nozzle when the latter is turned on the round it in theact of changing the direction of the water. Both of these objectionablefeatures are removed p or avoided by locking the body portion (Z to thepipe or nozzle against movement longitudinally or laterally withrelation to said pipe or nozzle. This lockin g of the body portion isaccomplished, as above described, by

I the notched armsfengaging the lugs or pro- 'jections h on the pipe ornozzle.

In order to avoid cutting or abrading the covering 1) on the pipe ornozzle, which might be effected when the strain is placed on the bodyportion in the act of turning the hose on the round tt as a fulcrum, thesaid body portion has attached to its inner side near its upper por--tion a pad 3, of leather or other cushioning material. The pad 5 may besecured to the body portion by the rivets If, employed to attach thestraps e.

We may prefer to use a movable hook; but we do not desire to limit ourinvention in this 1'espect,as the body portion of the attachment may beprovided with a stationary hook.

We claim- 1. The combination with a hose pipe or nozzle, of a detachablesupporting device adapted to be secured to said pipe or nozzle andcomprising a body. portion provided with means for engaging the round ofa ladder and with rearwardly-extended rigid arms sides of the same andlock the said body portion to the pipe or nozzle against longitudinaland lateral movement, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a hose pipe or nozzle provided with lugs orprojections, of a detachable supporting device comprising a metal bodyportion provided with rearwardlyextended arms having notches or recessesto engage said lugs or projections, and means to secure said bodyportion to the hose pipe or nozzle, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a hose pipe or noz zle, of a detachablesupporting device adapted to be secured to said pipe or nozzle andcomprising a body portion provided with means for locking the .said bodyportion to the pipeor nozzle against longitudinal or lateral movement,and with a hook having a threaded shank engaging a threaded socket insaid body portion, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a hose pipe or nozzle, of a detachablesupporting device adapted to be secured to said pipe or nozzle andcomprising a body portion provided with means for locking the said bodyportion to the pipe or nozzle against longitudinal or lateral movement,and with a movable hook rotatively supported by said body portion, and abrake to frictionally engage said hook, substantially as described.

5. A detachable supporting device forhose pipes or nozzles, comprising ametal body portion provided with means for attaching it to the saidpipe, and with rearwardly-extended arms provided with looking notches orrecesses, substantially as described.

6. A detachable supporting device for hose pipes or nozzles, comprisinga metal body portion provided on its rear face with a pad of cushioningmaterial, and having means for attaching it to the said pipe or nozzle,and

WALTER o. 'SARGEANT. JOHN J. BARKER.

Witnesses:

J AS. H. CHURCHILL, J. MURPHY.

